FDA Approval Authority in Jeopardy? TB Hits the Casino; Sen. Blumenthal's Surgery

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If the Texas ruling overturning FDA's approval of mifepristone (Mifeprex) survives appeals, the , legal experts say. (New York Times)

said HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, when asked whether he might recommend that FDA ignore the judge's decision. (AP)

Meanwhile, House Republicans should the agency ignore the order. (The Hill)

The White House is in talks with and mifepristone manufacturers to push back against efforts to ban the drug. (Reuters)

Florida health officials about the risk for COVID infection in its final report suggesting COVID vaccines were linked to heart events in young men. (Tampa Bay Times)

Due to COVID, life expectancy in New York City dropped by 4.6 years from 2019 to 2020, the reported.

Early in the pandemic, pregnant patients with COVID-19 at delivery had a higher than those without the infection. (JAMA Network Open)

Planned labor induction and cesarean delivery may . (Hypertension)

Iowa won't pay for or abortion anymore. (AP)

A Washington state woman and isolation after her diagnosis and went to a casino instead. (Fox News)

A national shortage of amoxicillin is even worse. (NPR)

Dengue fever and are also on the rise in children living in Caribbean U.S. territories. (USA Today)

In many states, delay care and have trouble accessing treatment. (Kaiser Health News)

The blindness-causing bacteria found in recalled eyedrops has now been linked with , NBC News reported.

Philips Respironics is recalling some of its DreamStation CPAP and BiPAP machines because they may fail to deliver therapy, or deliver it incorrectly, .

Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani, the convicted former Theranos executive, will go to prison later this month . (AP)

Bird flu has been in Wyoming and Nebraska. (BNO News)

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) to repair a fractured femur he broke during a victory parade for the University of Connecticut men's NCAA basketball team. (CNN)

A church in Nebraska to pay off medical bills for members of their community. (Lincoln Journal Star)

Stinging, purple jellyfish-like blobs called are washing ashore in Southern California beaches. (Fox 8)

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    Sophie Putka is an enterprise and investigative writer for . Her work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Discover, Business Insider, Inverse, Cannabis Wire, and more. She joined in August of 2021.